Fantastic thread with some beautiful shoes !! Anyone with both Carmina's and Edward Greens care to comment on how they stack up against each other?

just an anecdote: the few EG's i have seen in person didn't impress me much. actually some of their standard oxford brogues in e.g. edwardian.

the shop carried several brands also a mto service in cooperation with cordwainer, another spanish manufacturer, who does a lot under special labels for boutiques etc. all of the shoes e.g. ludwig reiter, alt wien, c&j... had a better look and feel to me.

but my carmina experince is one of it's own and i'm very picky with shoes. there is a small boutique in vienna and they always have one shoe on display. it really peaked out to me - it was a carmina.

And yes, it takes around 8 hours by ferry to get to Mallorca from Barcelona. It totally worth it, though (not only because Carmina). But there are plenty of daily flights between Barcelona and Palma, and I don't think they're expensive at all.

Several years ago, I rented a car and drove to Inca to try and find the Carmina factory. Supposedly it exists, but I could not find it, even using GPS and stopping and asking for directions/whereabouts/etc (even asked the local police to help me - they had never heard of the place). It does not have an actual address (strange, I know), and is supposedly located right off the highway near the Camper outlet. I found the Camper outlet, but Carmina's factory was no where in sight. I was also told they did not sell shoes at the factory (from the Palma shop manager).

Several years ago, I rented a car and drove to Inca to try and find the Carmina factory. Supposedly it exists, but I could not find it, even using GPS and stopping and asking for directions/whereabouts/etc (even asked the local police to help me - they had never heard of the place). It does not have an actual address (strange, I know), and is supposedly located right off the highway near the Camper outlet. I found the Camper outlet, but Carmina's factory was no where in sight. I was also told they did not sell shoes at the factory (from the Palma shop manager).

Several years ago, I rented a car and drove to Inca to try and find the Carmina factory. Supposedly it exists, but I could not find it, even using GPS and stopping and asking for directions/whereabouts/etc (even asked the local police to help me - they had never heard of the place). It does not have an actual address (strange, I know), and is supposedly located right off the highway near the Camper outlet. I found the Camper outlet, but Carmina's factory was no where in sight. I was also told they did not sell shoes at the factory (from the Palma shop manager).

If you have time, do try and find the Carmina factory - I couldn't.

I had about the same experience with the La Vera Sartoria Napoletano. They have address indicated on the website in Napoli. I put it in the navigator and went there. When I came to the place, it were suburbs of Napoli. Address was correct and locals confirmed its correctness. But noone ever heard of the La Vera. I checked several times and walked around. But failed to find it.